Dish
Dish
Place of OriginProbably Italy
DateLate 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
DimensionsH: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm); Rim Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Thickness: 1/16 in. (0.2 cm)
MediumGlass; mold fused and abraded
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.1399
Not on View
DescriptionThis small dish was made using the mosaic glass technique, mold fused and abraded. It has an off-set, vertical rim with a rounded edge, a short convex curving side turning inward to an almost flat bottom, which is slightly convex on its underside. A composite mosaic pattern is formed from polygonal sections of a single cane in a purple ground with opaque white rods surrounding an opaque white circle around a purple circle, with a central opaque yellow and green spiral.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B. C. to A. D. 50, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 585, p. 335, drawing p. 430.Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to early 1st century CE
Late 1st century BCE to mid-1st century CE
Early 1st century CE
Probably 1st century BCE, possibly later
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